UK police charge 2 men with spying on the Jewish community for Iran
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British police have charged two men with spying on the UK’s Jewish community for Iran
LONDON -- British police have charged two men with spying on the U.K.’s Jewish community on behalf of Iran.
Iranian-British national Nematollah Shahsavani, 40, and 22-year-old Iranian citizen Alireza Farasati have been charged with engaging in conduct likely to assist a foreign intelligence service. Prosecutors said the country the charges relate to is Iran.
Frank Ferguson, head of counterterrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service, said the charge “relates to carrying out activities in the U.K. such as gathering information and undertaking reconnaissance of targets.”
Both suspects live in London and are due to make their first court appearance Thursday at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
The men were arrested March 6. Two other British-Iranian nationals arrested that day as part of the same investigation have been released without charge.
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